Re: I don't get gnome 2

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 22:01, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> 
> Hi, I have been using Gnome2 since RC1 and don't get it.
> 
> Firstly the much hyped AA fonts.  Where, I select the fonts panel there
> is no option to turn it on, and why is it off by default?  Well, I set
> GDK_USE_XFT and now I know why, half the fonts disappear and the ones
> that are left look worse than a non AA truetype font.  Whats going on
> here?  And why cant the AA thing by turned on using the gconf editor?
> 
> Then there is the any Window Manager you like so long as it's sawfish. 
> I tried changing the values (both current and default) in gconf but
> still only get sawfish, in the end I renamed enlightenment to sawfish,
> but have since changed back as under enlightenment task don't show up on
> the task list.
> 
> Overall I feel like gnome 2 has taken a step back and am seriously
> thinking about reverting to 1.4
> 
> Gnome 2 feels like it needs a few more months work.  settings seem
> confusing and don't work, session control has gone, and saving a session
> on logout seems to do nothing.

You have a screwed up session file, delete ~/.gnone2/seesion, then save
session to  recreate it


> I understand that a lot of work has gone on under the hood to get it
> right, but there was so much talk about that back in the 1.2 days, will
> gnome 3 also be another re-write of the basics?
> 
> I guess I am just disapointed, I like others was really hoping that this
> would be the one I could show others as ready for mainstream...
> 
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